Dear readers,
Of all the measures of a newspaper’s quality—awards, scoops, readership—the most important one is need. Does a town need its paper?
As the drip, drip, drip of coronavirus news turned into a flood in early March, I could feel it. Pelham needed the Examiner. I sensed it in the urgency of people seeking to get news in the paper. As our audience numbers jumped across the board—website,...

Pelham Memorial High School announced Thursday that its graduation will held on June 27—the pre-coronavirus date—as a drive-in ceremony at SUNY Purchase. Until the announcement, school officials had been hoping to arrange something in July.
"We...

Westchester County and the rest of the Mid-Hudson Valley Region are set to enter phase two reopening on Tuesday, following "a review of regional data by global public health experts," according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's daily email.
Long Island is scheduled...

Pelham will have a change in the ownership of the town’s ice cream store, Double Rainbow. Clay Bushong, the co-owner of Cantina Lobos and programming director of the Pelham Picture House, has decided to become the new owner of Double Rainbow—and is...

Dear readers,
Of all the measures of a newspaper’s quality—awards, scoops, readership—the most important one is need. Does a town need its paper?
As the drip, drip, drip of coronavirus news turned into a flood in early March, I could feel it. Pelham needed the Examiner. I sensed it in the...